Our main man and photographer Chris Proud has been travelling round the US for the last few weeks visiting Coachella, gun ranges, in & out burger and a whole lot more. We have stolen his Instagram feed so you can check out what he has been doing and become as jealous as we are.

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey, as the say round this time of year. As the mercury drops it’s time for our first drop of the Autumn/Winter 2012 collection, The Escape. The Escape sums up all things awesome about Winter, rugging up, drinking scotch and kickin it by a fire in a barrel. Rad things to keep you warm on them cold ol’ nights include; fleece sweaters, denim duffle Coats and Long sleeves raglans that ooze old school skate steeze. We’ve gone deeper into the realms of knitwear with cardies, zip thrus and a new spin on our trademark sweaters with textured earthy aztecs.

We’ve got you sorted in the bottoms department with Chino’s and denim in all the earthy tones a fella could want for and the carrot leg elsticated waist and ankle Post Wave Pant. Shirting ranges from preppy stripes to oversize patchwork motifs and drill and denim throw overs.

Once agin we’ve teamed with some great Australian artist to bring you a dope new line of tess which we’ve mix up over an array of cuts to cover your sawg. Basics and stripes are a key feature for Winter and provide great layering options. We’ve also thrown a whole gaff of accessories that will take you through the year which include the multi-purpose Smuggler duffle bag, Village Idiot cord cap and a heap of scarves and beanies to keep your dome cozy!

So jump on to The Store, check it for yourself and help yourself have a warm ol’ Winter!

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Firstly, we will have to admit, when Future Music Festival first came on the festival scene, it was not 100% up our alley at Vanguard.  Each year though the guys at Future have made the line up better and better and this year the array of music on offer is simply awesome.

Along with stadium filling headliners, Sweedish House Mafia, we see a whole lineup to suit almost every music lover.  The bill also features Aphex Twin, Fat Boys Slim and New Order to name some of the ones we are looking forward to seeing.

Check out all the details here

http://www.futureentertainment.com.au/futuremusicfestival/

We have been given a couple of passes to the Brisbane leg of the tour to hand out to our friends so if you want to come along all you have to do is enter into our LIVIN photo comp between now and the end of February.  This also makes you eligible to win a digital SLR camer from Nikon and a 10 day campervan trip from Spaceships so it is a big win-win for everyone.  Enter here.

Winners announced Thursday 1st March.

From humble beginnings in 2010, the Yallingup Surf Film Festival is a cultural extravaganza founded by some of the coolest and chillest cats of Western Australia. Brought together through a mutual love of filmmaking, music and art in surf culture, the festival founders aimed to create a meeting place for the wider surf community and a forum for a niche in filmmaking and art that isn’t often publicised in the media.

Kicking off on Friday, the 20^th of January, the festival starts in the southwest with screenings of the chosen films under the stars at the pub and during the day at the local Samudra yoga centre and café.

Growing every year due to the public demand, it’ll be held in five locations, the YSF’12 program is diverse this year, with a focus on a variety of themes – some with great humour, others with raw honesty but all with surfing at their heart. With nine films chosen, music, art exhibitions and Q & A sessions with the film directors and surf legends, surf culture and film making forums, a tarp surfing demo, and a fancy dress surfing comp, YSF’12 is offering an experience that any surf enthusiast worth their salt.

If that isn’t enough for you, see the trailer here and be freaking blown away. 

If you need a ticket – get it here. There’s still some floating around, but there won’t be for much longer.

We all know the modern day joys of internet shopping and the fact that you dont have to leave your office chair (sorry boss) to grab all your latest gear online. The only issue we have is how many browser windows we have to have up at once to check who is going to stock it cheaper, with less freight and get it to us in the quickest possible way. #firstworldproblems

If only there was a way we could get around this last hurdle to extreme laziness savvy-ness on the world wide web shopping portal.

Well, look no further. Well no further than the next paragraph at least.

We introduce Radness.com.au. An Australian first, these Gold Coast based lads offer a unique price comparison website for high performance adrenalin sports gear. There’s none of your clichéd, generic, mainstream articles here – this is all the legit shit. You can find exactly what you want and compare it across the market – a tool that was previously lacking in the Australian market. The cats pajamas of industry gear – readily available all through your keyboard strokes.

With 10,000 products sourced from over 10 high power retailers – these guys are making their mark in a niche market – sourcing to those who previously had no source. Need a new deck? Need new fins? Need a new jaw cause its hit the ground so fast? Radness.com.au.

But wait, there’s more to flick your bean over. The lads hope that their site not only helps Aussie surfers, skaters and boogers get the most from their hard earned dollars in these tight times, but discouraging purchasing overseas to support local industries, companies, and shapers.

Sounds like a pretty dreamy lot to me. Get searching.

Radness.com.au